fideism
/ˈfi.deɪ.ɪz.əm/noun
fideism is a noun meaning “The doctrine that faith is the basis of all knowledge” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-I-D-E-I-S-M, and it appears about once in every 74 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of fideism is fideisms.
What does fideism mean?
noun
- 1
The doctrine that faith is the basis of all knowledge.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce fideism?
- /ˈfi.deɪ.ɪz.əm/
- /ˈfaɪ.di.ɪz.əm/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of fideism
- fideisms plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is fideism?
Fideism appears about once in every 74 million words in written English, the 272,462nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Fideism in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense doctrine:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does fideism come from?
From French fidéisme, from Latin fidēs + -isme. By surface analysis, Latin fide- + -ism.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).